Near Stanhope Gate

c. 1897

Charles Dana Gibson

Associated Names
Charles Dana Gibson

Artist, American, 1867 - 1944

This is a drawing of an outdoor café scene. The drawing shows a busy scene in an outdoor café or park environment. The focal point is the back view of a person seated under a tree, with feathers on their hat. Surrounding this central figure are many individuals, some wearing formal attire like top hats, creating an early 20th-century atmosphere. The background displays grand architecture, possibly a series of buildings or a mansion framed by trees, indicating an affluent city area. The line work is detailed, giving the scene a sense of liveliness and social interactions during that era.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite, pen and black ink, and brush and black ink

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (approximate): 53.8 × 39 cm (21 3/16 × 15 3/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.44


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 84.

Inscriptions

across bottom in black ink: C[harles] Gibson; in later hand, lower right in graphite: Near Stanhope Gate

Markings

J. WHATMA...

Wikidata ID

Q64538452

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